Improved teuss-pad



LettrslPatent No. 79,991, dated July 14,1868.

IMPROVB'D Tunes-PAD..

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'To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN: n Y p Be it known that I, THOMAS J.LINDLEY, of Medo'raf, inthe county of Jackson, and State of Indiana',have invented n. new and useful Improvement in Trnsses; and I do herebydeclare that the 4following is a full,. clear, and exact descriptionthereof, whichvwill enable others skilled in theart to make and use thesame, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming pal'tofthis specification, in whichi l Figure 1 is a s ide view of myinvention. i

Figure 2 is a face view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. v v

Thisinventon relates to a new'and improved truss, of simpleconstruction, whieh'may be manufactured at' a trilling cost, and beapplied in such'a manner that the wearer may attend to any activebusiness without any diiculty whatever. i i

The invention consists in havingVV the pressure-pad constructed ofwood,with a centre of lead fitted init, the face of the pad being convex,andthe lead centre being the most prominent. -i

Inthe accompanying sheet of drawingsrA represents a strap, of leather orother suitable material, which may be slitted longitudinally to form twoparts, a 6, one to pass around the thigh,'a nd the other` around thebody of the wearer; said parts being secured by buckles crc, attached tothe uncut portion ofthe strap.

B represents La pressure-pad, which maybe constructed .of any suitablehard wood, such asmaple, for instance. IThis 'wooden pressure-pad issecured to the strap A by screws or other'suitable means, and at'thecentre of the face of this wooden pressure-pad, which is the mostprominent point, there is inserted a piece of lead, C, secured in anyproper manner. l l i l The face side of the pad is made of convex l'orm,as shown clearly in iig. 1, and`thc`lead, 0,'is the most prominent part.lThis lead, C, Inay be of greater or less diameter, to suit the size ofthe orice'of the rupture.

Y This constitutes a very simple truss, it may be made by almost any onepossessing a little'meehanical skill, as there are no movable oradjustable parts to be applied tothe strap.

Having thus described my invention, I clairn as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The wooden 4prossime-parl B, having aninserted lead centre, C, and atfached'to the strap A, all arrangedsubstantially as and for Vthe purpose set forth.

`THOMAS J. LINDLEY.

Witnesses:

Jonn A. Tnunntoon, VINCENT' L. BEEM.

